squadron: [16] A squadron is etymologically a ‘square’. The current sense ‘military group’ comes from an earlier ‘square formation of troops’. The word was borrowed from Italian squadrone, a derivative of squadra ‘square’, which comes from the same source as English square. The related squad [17] comes from French escouade, an alteration of escadre, which was acquired from Italian squadra. => quarter, square
squadron (n.)
1560s, from Italian squadrone, augmentative of squadra "battalion," literally "square" (see squad). As a division of a fleet, from 1580s, of an air force, 1912.
实用例句
1. They saw a squadron of fifteen motorcycle policemen driving in V-formation.
他们看见15名警察骑着摩托车排成V字形前行。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He was posted to Hong Kong as second-in-command of C Squadron.
他被派遣到香港任C中队的副队长。
来自柯林斯例句
3. In 1942 he took command of 108 Squadron.
1942年,他是108飞行中队的指挥官.
来自柯林斯例句
4. Both of the dead men were identified as from No 15 squadron.
两名死者都被认出是15中队的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft.
